A slow start to the day as the taxi is only coming at around 1015 to take us to Gatwick Airport and our BA flight to Venice. The flight was un-eventful and the terminal upon arrival was very quiet indeed. We took a taxi to our Hotel which is in Mestre, Venice Hotels are nice but you have to cart your luggage on ferries and sometimes long walks but for one night this is not the right thing to do. The Hotel is fine, right by a large shopping area but anyway we took a taxi down to the Porta Roma from where you can either walk in to the Venice streets or take a boat ride. We chose to walk and although darkness was slowly drawing in it was nice to walk around the ancient if not different town. The canals were a little smelly in places but it is the end of the season. There were not too many tourist around either and in fact there were a number of restaurants closed, we think for the winter.
We found a nice little pizzeria where we had a good meal with a bottle of Chianti and then took a slow walk back to the bus terminal where we found a taxi back to the Hotel for a good nights sleep, we hope.
A slow start to the day as the taxi is only coming at around 1015 to take us to 
We found a nice little pizzeria where we had a good meal with a bottle of Chianti and then took a slow walk back to the bus terminal where we found a taxi back to the Hotel for a good nights sleep, we hope.
